My step dad built an alcohol still for the College of The Siskiyous in Weed California, in the early '80s. He taught heavy equipment operation, and converted all the college's vehicles to run on gasohol. For all I know, they still use it.

Kudos to the CSU leadership for actually embracing the thought of preparing some leaders for a massive, multi-billion dollar industry.

It sounds like it will be a very niche class, which is the real shame. One of the best things education should accomplish is to expose as many people to a craft process of some sorts. Wine, cheese, beer, meats. We'd be a much better world if we were more demanding of quality basics.

Holy shiat I miss Coop's Fish & Chips sooooooooo much. Panko-encrusted cod, wasabi tartar sauce, and pub chips. That and a cup of their tomato-mushroom bisque and I'm in heaven.

There's a lot of things I don't miss about Fort Collins. But that town had some damn good food up in it. Coopersmith's, Snarf's, Lucile's, Silver Grill, Pizza Casbah, Seuhiro, Consuelo's...fark, now I'm hungry as hell.

Smell the Glove:Fat Tire is not swill, that's ridiculous. When compared to other beers I think it's fair to say it's very over rated, but it's also a nice little gateway beer for people to learn to enjoy good beer.

it was my first beer. it made all subsequent domestic american swill taste like runoff from a japanese grain processing facility.

Dafatone:Fat Tire isn't bad. Like, if a bar has Fat Tire, something awful, and some other something awful, I'll get the Fat Tire and be happy with it.

That being said, there are like 9000 better choices in CO, aka Beer Heaven.

this.

Fat Tire is still wayyy above miller, bud, coors, corona or yeungling. Fat Tire went from obscure microbrew to mass produced swill in about 12 months. I live in VA and it is everywhere. New Belgium is guaranteed to be at every supermarket and cvs and rite aid. Generally, where Fat Tire is on tap at a bar, it is the best beer available on tap, with its main competition Blue Moon or Leinenkugel. Bars that have better beers available don't bother with Fat Tire.

Now the new one is Third Shift. I had never heard of it about 9 months ago, now it is ubiquitous too. And it is a very middling, very average amber too. Both are better than Yeungling, but I would rather see a higher quality DIPA given the same shelf space like a Lagunitas IPA.

My physics professor came in to class one day drunk off his ass. He started describing his adventures doing the mall crawl the night before. Eventually he decided to try and teach, and after several failed attempts to stand up, managed to pull the chalkboard down. His DTs were rattling the board so much he couldn't write. At this point he complained it was too hot and took off his shirt. By this time some prudes had gone to the department head, and he was escorted out before he could take off his pants.

I used to see him in the Ramskeller every Friday.

We got a new physics professor that wasn't as fun.

/csb//dont really miss Fort Fun

Did he do this on a regular basis, or was it just that incident? Unless you're working with equipment I think a drunk employee should be be given one pass. I mean, c'mon...who here hasn't at least gone to work with a wicked hangover (you're still under the influence, even though it feels terrible), or still full-bore loaded? I have. It was the only way I could face another day at that job. Turns out I was right at that cusp of "hilarious, entertaining drunk" and, "surly, sexual harassment and property damage drunk." One more scotch and I probably would have been escorted off the grounds by police. But as it stands, everyone had a good time and even the boss had to stifle laughter while he was officially reprimanding me.

Glass isn't recycled down in these parts, so I try to buy exclusively in cans. This leaves me with only two options (that don't require driving 45 miles to El Paso) Santa Fe's Happy Camper IPA (way too hoppy) and the Black IPA. The Black IPA is wonderful. I saw it in Denver stores the last time I was home. Any of you had it?

Glass isn't recycled down in these parts, so I try to buy exclusively in cans. This leaves me with only two options (that don't require driving 45 miles to El Paso) Santa Fe's Happy Camper IPA (way too hoppy) and the Black IPA. The Black IPA is wonderful. I saw it in Denver stores the last time I was home. Any of you had it?

My physics professor came in to class one day drunk off his ass. He started describing his adventures doing the mall crawl the night before. Eventually he decided to try and teach, and after several failed attempts to stand up, managed to pull the chalkboard down. His DTs were rattling the board so much he couldn't write. At this point he complained it was too hot and took off his shirt. By this time some prudes had gone to the department head, and he was escorted out before he could take off his pants.

I used to see him in the Ramskeller every Friday.

We got a new physics professor that wasn't as fun.

/csb//dont really miss Fort Fun

Did he do this on a regular basis, or was it just that incident? Unless you're working with equipment I think a drunk employee should be be given one pass. I mean, c'mon...who here hasn't at least gone to work with a wicked hangover (you're still under the influence, even though it feels terrible), or still full-bore loaded? I have. It was the only way I could face another day at that job. Turns out I was right at that cusp of "hilarious, entertaining drunk" and, "surly, sexual harassment and property damage drunk." One more scotch and I probably would have been escorted off the grounds by police. But as it stands, everyone had a good time and even the boss had to stifle laughter while he was officially reprimanding me.

He got drunk a lot, especially every Friday. That was the first time he showed up out of control. There were other times I suspected he was high or drunk.

I learned more physics in High School than from this clown.

You just reminded me about the lovely smell the town got every year when the winds blew in from Greeley. You never quite learn to love the smell of cow shiate in the morning.

I have to agree with the people saying Fat Tire is a crappy beer. I haven't found anything from New Belgium that I've really liked. Odell's is a different story. Easy Street Wheat is one of my favorite micros around here.

/Coors original is my daily drinker//yes, yes, I know most of the elite here will mock me for that

SlothB77:Dafatone: Fat Tire isn't bad. Like, if a bar has Fat Tire, something awful, and some other something awful, I'll get the Fat Tire and be happy with it.

That being said, there are like 9000 better choices in CO, aka Beer Heaven.

this.

Fat Tire is still wayyy above miller, bud, coors, corona or yeungling. Fat Tire went from obscure microbrew to mass produced swill in about 12 months. I live in VA and it is everywhere. New Belgium is guaranteed to be at every supermarket and cvs and rite aid. Generally, where Fat Tire is on tap at a bar, it is the best beer available on tap, with its main competition Blue Moon or Leinenkugel. Bars that have better beers available don't bother with Fat Tire.

Now the new one is Third Shift. I had never heard of it about 9 months ago, now it is ubiquitous too. And it is a very middling, very average amber too. Both are better than Yeungling, but I would rather see a higher quality DIPA given the same shelf space like a Lagunitas IPA.

Glass isn't recycled down in these parts, so I try to buy exclusively in cans. This leaves me with only two options (that don't require driving 45 miles to El Paso) Santa Fe's Happy Camper IPA (way too hoppy) and the Black IPA. The Black IPA is wonderful. I saw it in Denver stores the last time I was home. Any of you had it?

Santa Fe Brewing Co puts out some great brews, and I really like their Happy Camper IPA. I'm a big fan of IPA's (with some HOPS) and live in Colorado, so there you go. I don't enjoy their Black IPA, however. Too dark for me, as I like to have a few beers in a go. Just north of the Colorado border from NM in Durango is another awesome brewery called Ska. They have a great assortment to try as well.

I haven't had a Fat Tire in years. Texan touristas order that crap against the peace and dignity of the fine state of Colorado.